Why have you both come? Emotional, relationship, sexual and social issues raised by heterosexual couples seeking sexual therapy (in women referred to a sexual difficulties clinic with a history of vulval pain)

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-226

  Sheppard, C ^a   Hallam Jones, R ^b   Wylie, K ^a  

^a Porterbrook Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b St Luke's Hospice ^*

Author keywords

Couple therapy; Dyspareunia; Sexuality; Vulval pain; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349092335     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: 14681749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681990802227974     Document Type: Article

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